Sentences with phrase «than the state minimum of»

If you choose to buy liability coverage that is higher than the state minimum of 25/50/25 — a good idea, we think — you no longer have the option of declining uninsured and underinsured motorist bodily injury coverage.

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«It is such a visual medium that I think that is one of those minimum steps I would suggest people make is bring their design to a state where people can see what the product is going to be rather than imagine how great this will be.»

Some are, as five states, including Mississippi and Louisiana, have no official minimum wage, and two more, Georgia and Wyoming, have a minimum wage of $ 5.15, or about $ 10 less an hour than full - time employees would need to make to be able to afford a two - bedroom.

The actual state of knowledge of the impact that the minimum wage has on employment in North America, and especially in Québec, leads to the conclusion that a minimum wage that is greater than 50 % of the average wage is harmful to small wage earners and that a minimum wage that is less than 45 % has very little risk for this group of workers.

(A handful of states, including Alabama, Arkansas and Minnesota, mandate even less than the federal minimum wage, which was established as part of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and contained exemptions for some poorer states.)

Currently, certain kinds of small businesses are exempt from paying employees the federal minimum wage, such as businesses with annual revenues less than $ 500,000, companies that transact within a single state, seasonal businesses, or companies that rely on contract workers.

Several states have set their minimum wage rates at a higher level than the federal rate, including California, which has a current rate of $ 10 per hour.

While 58 percent of small business owners said they support raising the minimum wage, 71 percent said the states should set it, and 77 percent said they already pay their employees more than the minimum wage.

More than 50 percent of minimum - wage earners state that they're working more than one job to make ends meet

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A large body of law and custom in the United States holds that because employers have far more power over their employees than businesses do over their customers, they must provide them with far greater protections — not least, a minimum wage and overtime pay.

This is much higher than the minimum requirements — Prosper only requires a minimum credit score of 640 and at least $ 1 in stated annual income (other requirements apply).

maybe you don't understand that Wenger's words are simply an attempt to recover some of the market value that was lost due to the way they have mishandled his contract negotiations, which means that everyone, once again, knows that we have little to no leverage when it comes to negotiating a transfer... much like we did with RVP, when we sold the EPL trophy to ManU for less than $ 25 million... any reputable team with a sporting director would never have allowed this situation to occur again and if they had heads would roll... if handled correctly the worst case scenario would have seen us get a minimum of $ 65 million for a player of his ilk in the present economic climate and we could have used those funds to purchase the best available striker in the early days of the transfer window... just imagine what outsiders must think about the state of our team if all you did was read the headlines... sadly, things might just might be worse than they think

«I believe the 6 minimum visit recommended is too low but more of my athletes have been moving towards the 14 - 18 visit range, which is far less than the previous 35 - 40 visits that was standard a decade ago,» Dr. Cronin stated.

The safety advantage of a booster seat lasts longer than most parents think: Your child should stay in a booster seat until she's at least 4 feet 9 inches tall and at least 8 years old, which may be different than what your state's law suggests as a minimum.

For example, the very small increases in the minimum wage that took effect in eight states on January 1, 2012 as a result of those states» indexing laws will generate an additional $ 366 million in GDP and create the equivalent of more than 3,000 full - time jobs, according to an analysis by the Economic Policy Institute.

One year after launching a task force to look into abusive work conditions in nail salons throughout the state, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has ordered the payment of $ 2 million to hundreds of workers who have been denied overtime and paid less than minimum wage.

That's the industry's seemingly unanimous opinion of the governor's proposal to require that tipped employees — more than 80 percent of whom work in restaurants as servers, bartenders and in similar positions — be paid the state's full minimum wage.

Tipped wage workers earn less than the state's current minimum wage, which is set to increase to $ 12 from $ 11 in New York City at the end of the year.

Hundreds of low - wage workers and advocates descended upon Albany today to urge the Senate and Assembly to pass legislation that would raise the state minimum wage to $ 10.10, index it to inflation, and allow cities and counties to set their wages 30 percent higher than the state's minimum.

More than 40 business owners and chamber of commerce executives from New York City, Long Island and the Hudson Valley announced their support Monday for Governor Andrew Cuomo's push to raise the state minimum wage to $ 10.50.

While highlighting this proposal, the Governor announced that the State University of New York will raise the minimum wage for more than 28,000 employees.

Governor Andrew Cuomo began the budget season with an ambitious agenda than included a wide array of items that he tied to the budget, including raising the minimum wage, the Dream Act, and reforming the state's grand jury process.

As president of New York State United Teachers — a union whose 600,000 - plus membership is more than 70 percent women — I am proud to be leading a steering committee that is exploring issues of particular importance to women in today's society — issues like the minimum wage, child care and paid family leave.

The increased hourly wage for fast - food workers represents a raise of more than 70 percent over the state's current minimum wage of $ 8.75 per hour.

The Quinnipiac poll found that 78 % of those surveyed think the state's minimum wage should be higher than the current $ 7.25 an hour, with more than half saying it should be increased to over $ 8.50 cents an hour.

Mayor Bill de Blasio has pushed the State to allow municipalities to set their own minimum wages, especially New York City, where the cost of living is much higher than the rest of the sState to allow municipalities to set their own minimum wages, especially New York City, where the cost of living is much higher than the rest of the statestate.

«Once MMA is legalized in New York and properly regulated by the State Athletic Commission, UFC plans to hold a minimum of 4 events per year for the next three years, with more than half of those events taking place in cities across upstate New York.»

«You may not know Jerry Zandstra, but all of you have a «Jerry Zandstra» in your state: someone who decides, out of the blue, to seek statewide office; pursues that office through less than honorable tactics; fails to collect the minimum number of signatures to even be placed on the ballot; and then blames the State Party and its chairman for his failures,» Anuzis wrote in his respstate: someone who decides, out of the blue, to seek statewide office; pursues that office through less than honorable tactics; fails to collect the minimum number of signatures to even be placed on the ballot; and then blames the State Party and its chairman for his failures,» Anuzis wrote in his respState Party and its chairman for his failures,» Anuzis wrote in his response.

For those who'd like to contribute to Hein's political future, he'll stage a fundraiser («suggested» minimum, $ 250) at the Orange County Town of Warwick home of Donna Applegate and Jonah Mandelbaum on Sunday from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Donations of up to $ 5,000 will be accepted, but no more than $ 7,559 per person (by state law).

Cuomo proposes that since the cost of living is higher in New York City than elsewhere in the state, the city have its own minimum wage: $ 11.50, compared to $ 10.50 elsewhere in the state.

The draft bill would also amend the state's education law, requiring that any school in which more than 25 percent of students live on campus must set aside a minimum of 50 beds — or 10 percent of total beds, whichever is less — for substance abuse free living.

Hawkins supports raising the state minimum wage to $ 15 an hour, indexed to increases in worker productivity, and would crack down on the epidemic of wage theft in the state Gov. Andrew Cuomo has refused more than a year to convene a minimum wage board to provide a wage hike to tip workers despite this being part of the wage agreement last year with the legislature.

The board was appointed by Cuomo when Republicans in the New York State Senate did not agree to raise the minimum wage any higher than the current phased - in increase, which will bring the minimum wage to $ 9 an hour by the end of this year.

In New York City, Westchester, Nassau and Suffolk Counties, the minimum wage would be higher than the rest of the state, at $ 12.50 at the end of 2016 and $ 15.00 two years later.

The Democratic governor's statements came as his negotiating partners in the State Assembly and Senate once again huddled with their rank - and - file colleagues to discuss a spending plan that will total more than $ 140 billion, raise the minimum wage and implement a system of paid family leave.

The pledge unanimously passed and signed by the Town Board at its April 11 meeting went on to ask «the New York State Legislature to commit to these same clean energy goals, which would represent a 20 percent increase over the current New York State Energy Plan targets» and to urge «Governor Cuomo to adopt a statewide minimum energy efficiency target of three percent per year of annual energy savings for New York's utilities as part of his comprehensive energy efficiency program, to be announced on Earth Day 2018, and further urges that this program be implemented through a centralized planning process rather than in separate utility rate cases.»

E.J. McMahon, president of the Empire Center for Public Policy, a business - backed think tank, testified that there was no other state pushing for an increase so large, and said that the minimum hourly rate would climb from $ 9 to $ 15 in six years — a faster rate than previous hikes.

Legal experts said if the story is true, than Weiner could be exposed to a slew of state and federal charges — including one that carries a mandatory minimum of 15 years in prison.

Puerto Rico has far lower wages generally than any other part of the United States and, in the Krueger Report analysis, that $ 7.25 minimum wage destructively distorts the Puerto Rican labor market.

Cuomo delayed announcing the formation of a minimum wage board for more than a year after being directed to do so by the state legislature.

In a speech to more than 800 at the county Democratic committee's fall dinner at the Chateau Briand, Cuomo addressed a range of topics, from gun control to increasing the state's minimum wage to presidential politics.

At the time, Cuomo appeared to agree to back the mayor's proposal to allow the city to raise its minimum wage up to 30 percent higher than the state's (as well as other WFP - backed policies and a Democratic takeover of the state Senate).

New York City Mayor Bill deBlasio first proposed the idea of allowing individual cities in New York to set their own minimum wage higher than the state's current $ 8 an hour.

This year for instance, Governor Cuomo and lawmakers included a phased in hike of the state's minimum wage in the spending plan, rather than vote on the measure on it's own merits, Mahoney said.

He said the leaders have discussed the possibility of setting a different minimum wage for Upstate New York than for the rest of the state.

According to the broadband fund announcement from Cuomo's office, despite the state's investment of $ 70 million in broadband upgrades — touted in the release as higher than any other state's — 1.1 million New Yorkers still can't purchase internet service that meets the state's minimum requirement of at least 6.5 Mbps in download speed.

The state's 2013 review had identified «minimum compliance with the regulatory requirements, rather than thorough and complete assessments» of families as one of Erie County's weaknesses.